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BigMac1212 said:
When talking about MLB/MiLB transactions, what's the difference about optioned and being sent outright? (I'm autistic, I ask a lot a questions. :blush: )
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Each player has a certain number of option years that once you get put on the 40 man roster you can be optioned to the minors an unlimited number of times each year for 3 separate years.

Once a player has been optioned to the minors at least once in 3 separate years he's said to be "out of options" the following year and if you want to send them back to the minors then you have to designate them for assignment(DFA) which takes them off the 40 man roster immediately, and gives you 10 days to either trade, release or put the player on waivers. If the player clears waivers then the team can outright them to the minors.

A player can only be outrighted to the minors once in his career without his consent, after that I guess he can force the team who DFA's them to release him so he can pursue other opportunities elsewhere.
 
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Canada4Gold said:
Each player has a certain number of option years that once you get put on the 40 man roster you can be optioned to the minors an unlimited number of times each year for 3 separate years.

Once a player has been optioned to the minors at least once in 3 separate years he's said to be "out of options" the following year and if you want to send them back to the minors then you have to designate them for assignment(DFA) which takes them off the 40 man roster immediately, and gives you 10 days to either trade, release or put the player on waivers. If the player clears waivers then the team can outright them to the minors.

A player can only be outrighted to the minors once in his career without his consent, after that I guess he can force the team who DFA's them to release him so he can pursue other opportunities elsewhere.
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Thank you. :yo:
 
I dare not waste this question in the MiLB and Indy Season thread:

What minor and indy ballparks are hitter's, pitcher's, and neutral parks?
 
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BigMac1212 said:
I dare not waste this question in the MiLB and Indy Season thread:

What minor and indy ballparks are hitter's, pitcher's, and neutral parks?
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Baseball America did a feature on this last year. Here were some of their listings:

Hitter Friendly
BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte Knights)
Cashman Field (Las Vegas 51s)
Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City Dodgers)
Dell Diamond (Round Rock Express)
Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham Bulls)
Frontier Field (Rochester Red Wings)
Greater Nevada Field (Reno Aces)
Heritage Field at Stater Bros. Stadium (High Desert Mavericks)
Huntington Park (Columbus Clippers)
Isotopes Park (Albuquerque Isotopes)
L.P. Frans Stadium (Hickory Crawdads)
McCormick Field (Asheville Tourists)
Sam Lynn Ballpark (Bakersfield Blaze)
Security Service Field (Colorado Springs Sky Sox)
Smith's Ballpark (Salt Lake Bees)
Southwest University Park (El Paso Chihuahuas)
Yadkin Bank Park (Greensboro Grasshoppers)


Pitcher Friendly
Dickey-Stephens Park (Arkansas Travelers)
Fifth Third Field (Toledo Mud Hens)
Frawley Stadium (Wilmington Blue Rocks)
PNC Field (Scranton-Wilkes Barre RailRiders)
Trustmark Park (Mississippi Braves)
Zephyr Field (New Orleans Zephyrs)

This was taken from their list of the Most Extreme Ballparks. They also have this list which analyzes all the parks in MiLB and this list which looks at the IL and PCL in greater detail.
 
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Which is correct for total bases, and secondarily, slugging percentage and OPS:

ESPN: Single + 2B + (3B times 2) + (HR times 3)

Wikipedia: 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run.
 
garnetpalmetto said:
Baseball America did a feature on this last year. Here were some of their listings:

Hitter Friendly
BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte Knights)
Cashman Field (Las Vegas 51s)
Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City Dodgers)
Dell Diamond (Round Rock Express)
Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham Bulls)
Frontier Field (Rochester Red Wings)
Greater Nevada Field (Reno Aces)
Heritage Field at Stater Bros. Stadium (High Desert Mavericks)
Huntington Park (Columbus Clippers)
Isotopes Park (Albuquerque Isotopes)
L.P. Frans Stadium (Hickory Crawdads)
McCormick Field (Asheville Tourists)
Sam Lynn Ballpark (Bakersfield Blaze)
Security Service Field (Colorado Springs Sky Sox)
Smith's Ballpark (Salt Lake Bees)
Southwest University Park (El Paso Chihuahuas)
Yadkin Bank Park (Greensboro Grasshoppers)


Pitcher Friendly
Dickey-Stephens Park (Arkansas Travelers)
Fifth Third Field (Toledo Mud Hens)
Frawley Stadium (Wilmington Blue Rocks)
PNC Field (Scranton-Wilkes Barre RailRiders)
Trustmark Park (Mississippi Braves)
Zephyr Field (New Orleans Zephyrs)

This was taken from their list of the Most Extreme Ballparks. They also have this list which analyzes all the parks in MiLB and this list which looks at the IL and PCL in greater detail.
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I went to Dickey-Stephens Park after flying to Little Rock (Memphis is so expensive to fly in and out, so dad and I fly into Little Rock and drive 2.5 or so on I-40 to reach the Mid-South city.) to catch a Travs game. There was actually a home run in the game. Good ballpark.

Thanks.
 
BigMac1212 said:
Sorry, another question. :blush:

Why does the A-Short Season and Rookie levels leagues have different starting dates?
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They don't really - it's only the Appy League that looks to be an aberration. The Northwest, New York-Penn, and Pioneer Leagues all start up on June 17. The Appy starts up a few days later owing to the shorter schedule (68 versus 76 games). No idea why the Appy League schedule is shorter, but it is.
 
it's just like having to add a cup of milk to a recipe and adding 1/3 cup then another 1/3 cup and then 5 tbs followed by 1 tsp.

a single is 1. a double is 2. a triple is 3. a homerun is 4. there isn't a need to bring multiplication into this.
 
So I'm slowly trying to get myself into baseball since I love the math of it (yea I know) but I was wondering if anyone knew a good place that breaks done all the statistics in a basic sense that's fairly easy to follow?
 
I think it depends on your starting point. If you are literally just starting out, baseball reference is probably a good place to familiarize yourself more with basic stats that you'll see during broadcasts, etc. Eventually, you'll want to check out fangraphs which delve much more into the advanced metrics. They provide a glossary of terms but you'll probably need a baseline from bbref originally to understand their composition more.
 
Pwnasaurus said:
I think it depends on your starting point. If you are literally just starting out, baseball reference is probably a good place to familiarize yourself more with basic stats that you'll see during broadcasts, etc. Eventually, you'll want to check out fangraphs which delve much more into the advanced metrics. They provide a glossary of terms but you'll probably need a baseline from bbref originally to understand their composition more.
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Hmm okay thanks I'll give it look
 
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